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‘What else have we got?”: Macau questions role as casino hub after painful Covid downturn

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Tourists have returned to Macau after the casino hub reopened its borders on January 8, 2023. As the main pillar of Macau’s economy, the gambling industry has generated over 70 per cent of the government’s income from 2014 to 2019. While the Chinese central government and the Macau administration have been making efforts to increase non-gambling revenue and attractions to develop the city into a “world centre of tourism and leisure”, the city’s economic structure is still struggling to reduce its reliance on casinos.

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Written by Douglas Jones

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